Your physical space is both indicator of and an influence on your mental space. Pretty cool that it works like that. The 9 of Pentacles shows the fruits of your labor, and the pleasure you can take in your achievements, and the alignment of physical and mental space. I actually pulled this card reversed, which speaks to me of feeling a disconnect between your inner and outer spaces, or getting too much into the material or too much in your head.
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Personally, I'm feeling disconnected from my physical space and all up in my head. I have piles of laundry in the bedroom. Dishes in the sink. Some of my houseplants have died. When I'm out I I want to go home but when I'm there I just read on my phone. Some of this is because I'm dealing with big uncomfortable life things and ignoring my space makes the tough stuff seem a little less real. I'm grateful that I can recognize that, but I still have to do the work and deal with outer and inner stuff.
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I'm reminded here that whatever work I can put into ordering my little sanctuary will pay off by giving me more internal space. Clean your house, clean your mind, right? In a way, this is the essence of ritual: a physical practice that has non-physical effects. If you're feeling this too, see if you can do one act of order or kindness for your home or body. Do you feel a difference in your inner state afterwards?
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I'm seeing a lot of stuff about creating space the last couple of days - does anyone else feel like this theme is in the air?
I'm writing a thing about psychic hygiene and clutter, @pinchofsalt.witchcraft just posted about cleaning and witchcraft, @wildsoulhealing mentioned creating space in her podcast, it's in today's post from @smallspells about Uranus retrograde.
Daily Tarot: 10 of Swords
We've come to the end of a way of thinking. This is the perfect companion to yesterday's Tower, which showed us the end of a way of being. But where the Tower is just something that happens for us, the 10 of Swords is a decision we get to make. We're offered the choice to transform the way we think. We can choose to change but we can also choose to go back into the well-known spiral of the last few Swords cards and stay in a pattern of fear, strategy, limiting beliefs, and anxiety. It's up to us.
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Here the choice offered is just to believe that it can be different. Believe that your thoughts, your mind, your brain chemistry can change. This sets the mold for you to take action on your belief, and reach for better tools and ask for help when your brain starts taking you on this ride.
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Making this choice now doesn't mean that we'll never get into a cycle of overthinking or self-blame again, but that we'll have the tools to recognize it and make this choice again.
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Above all, be kind to yourself. This is a small step that will ripple outward.
Daily Tarot: The Tower
You asked for change, here it is.
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The Tower is a breaking-down of an old structure that no longer serves you. That's not to say it didn't serve you up until recently, but you've outgrown it. This tower has to come down before you can build again, on a stronger foundation.
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Though you asked for this, you won't be able to control how and when it comes. Whenever you reach for control, that is coming from fear. You can handle this change without trying to control how every little stone falls. This is where faith comes in, faith in yourself that you can stick with the decision you made to live from your truth. You are strong enough to let go of what no longer serves you, and you're strong enough to rebuild. The Tower also reminds you to have faith that this change is happening FOR you, not TO you.
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Fear will almost always come up in reaction to The Tower, but it doesn't have to send you into panic mode. If we can trust ourselves, and be present even through fear, this Tower moment can feel like a huge, amazing relief. Like hatching from a shell.
Daily Tarot: The Tower
You asked for change, here it is.
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The Tower is a breaking-down of an old structure that no longer serves you. That's not to say it didn't serve you up until recently, but you've outgrown it. This tower has to come down before you can build again, on a stronger foundation.
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Though you asked for this, you won't be able to control how and when it comes. Whenever you reach for control, that is coming from fear. You can handle this change without trying to control how every little stone falls. This is where faith comes in, faith in yourself that you can stick with the decision you made to live from your truth. You are strong enough to let go of what no longer serves you, and you're strong enough to rebuild. The Tower also reminds you to have faith that this change is happening FOR you, not TO you.
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Fear will almost always come up in reaction to The Tower, but it doesn't have to send you into panic mode. If we can trust ourselves, and be present even through fear, this Tower moment can feel like a huge, amazing relief. Like hatching from a shell.
Hummingbird Moth
Instead of daily tarot today, this hummingbird moth showed up with a message.
He's saying, your work can be sweet, the sweetness can sustain you. There's a niche that only you can fill, and it's gonna be so good when you find it.
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I'm taking the weekend off work and social media to visit family. I'll be back Monday and I'll answer emails and dms then. I'm leaving my scheduling app live, so if you want to book now for August tarot readings and Reiki, and you can pick a time and schedule online. And any questions, I will reply Monday.
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Thanks for being here, love you all 💜
Daily Tarot: 10 of Cups
How can we be happy right now, where we are, just as we are? The invitation of this card is to check in with your deep feelings of love and connection. They are always accessible.
Sometimes it takes a catalyst to remind us of this deep love, and show us what we really value and believe. The 10 of Cups is in the middle of a storm, but appreciating the rainbow. This definitely feels relevant in light of the last few days. We're renewing out commitment to care for each other in the face of hate and bigotry. We're the rainbow.
This moment of connection and love is where that fast-moving 8 of Wands energy has brought us. The journey continues, but this is a very welcome rest and recharge.
Tarot for Creativity Class 8/17 at New Women Space
New Tarot for Creativity Class!
August 17, 7-9pm
At @newwomenspace
Tickets $25, link in bio
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I'm excited to teach at the fabulous New Women Space!
Join me to learn how to connect with tarot to support and encourage your creative powers and get past your inner critic.
My goal for this class is to give you practical tools to connect with your own creative power, using your tarot deck. Because really owning your creativity and personal power is important for happiness and also overthrowing the patriarchy. All types of creators, with all levels of tarot experience, are welcome.
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This class will cover
1. daily tarot practices for creative empowerment
2. tarot card interpretations to support personal and creative growth
3. tarot spreads to generate ideas and flesh out concepts
4. lessons from tarot archetypes to help us stay in the flow of creative thinking
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Please bring your tarot deck, a notebook, and a pen. (If anyone doesn't have a deck yet, I'll have a couple you can borrow for the class.)
Daily Tarot: 8 of Wands
It feels like everything is moving quickly, a bunch of things up in the air at once. All we can do in this energy is wait for these wands to land. Once the energy is unleashed, we have to let it run its course.
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Did anyone else have to learn bowling in high school gym class? I remember our gym teacher talking about "body english," which is the way you move your body and make gestures to try to affect the ball after you've released it. Not particularly successful! All your power in bowling (I guess I'm sticking with this metaphor) and in life is how you set up your shot. Eight of Wands is like that, the is ball in motion, and we get to watch it roll. You've done what you can. Any flailing at this point is strictly ornamental.
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Remember yesterday with the 7 of Wands, and lining up our energy and actions? Our actions are now out in the universe, and soon we'll see what comes of them. I really love getting cards in numerical order - it feels like we're moving on to be next lesson in a series.
I Support Trans Rights
Trans people, I love and support you.
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Errrrrbody else: Say out loud that you support trans rights. Work it into conversation. People will hear you. Some of them may be trans and hearing you will help them. Some people may start to question their prejudices, or at least realize that they are prejudiced. For some people this may be the first time they've ever thought about it. And you might encourage other people to be kinder and more open. Whoever you talk to, these are all people who vote, are on juries, teach children, interact with the public, provide care, do business. You DO make a difference when you speak up.
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And keep calling senators, reps, and the White House. For the sake of a trans person who might see the record of millions of calls made and feel less alone.
Daily Tarot: 7 of Wands
When make a case for something, we have to believe in it. We have to align our words and actions with our energy. When our energy doesn't match what we say or do, people can tell. If you don't believe what you say, neither will anyone else.
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Have you ever heard someone speak, and even though they play the part well, you just don't buy it? Or when someone is totally authentic, we see that, too. That's the 7 of Wands at play - how well someone's actions match their energy. When they don't match, it's often because someone is trying really hard to convince you of something, and that sets off your bullshit detector. (Hello, this is why there are negative stereotypes about lawyers, actors, and politicians!)
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This card is making me think of McCain's speech. I personally don't buy it. I don't think that rehashing it more here will serve anyone, but it's a good example of this energy.
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So with this invitation for today, we learn what it means for us to speak and act in alignment with truth, and we also learn how it looks when people are purposely acting out of alignment. We don't have to buy it. What you can do, when you notice that misalignment in someone else, is make extra sure you're saying what YOU believe and then acting on it. You take care of you. You're the only person in the world you can control.
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I love all of you. This continuing healthcare bullshit is really hard to handle. Please don't give up hope-- not that a bunch of rich old white men will do anything for us, but that we will find new and very old ways of taking care of each other. ❤️ I'm here if you need me, and I'm grateful you're here, too.
Daily Tarot: 10 of Pentacles
This moment is the pinnacle of your earthly existence so far. You have learned so much in this life, and your lived experiences are your power. It all leads to this point, and the 10 of Pentacles invites us to see the fullness of life, just as it is right now, and appreciate it.
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In this earthly life, you're not alone. You are also the a member of a long family history. In your body, you carry your ancestors' DNA and lessons. By loving yourself and healing yourself, you heal your whole line.
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Whenever you feel like you're not enough, remember that you're the literal evolutionary product of so much strength and wisdom. Both from your own life and the lives of millions of ancestors. Nature doesn't make mistakes. You're meant to be here, alive and thriving. ❤️
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I had a lovely time meeting @radianthuman_for an aura photo today. Thank you!
Daily Tarot: Seahorse!
Guest message from the universe today, in the form of a found card. Seahorse reminds us to go at our own pace, and to respect the flow of our lives. We don't need to chase anything down, what's meant for us will come to us at the right time. Patience, presence and gentleness today, friends.
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Today is the New Moon in Leo and we're kicking off eclipse season. If you want to read more about the astrology of this, @chaninicholas has written a beautiful post about the new moon and is offering a course in the eclipses. 🌙
Daily Tarot: 7 of Cups
Sometimes life is so full of magic and mystery and everything sounds exciting and you don't know where to start.
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But sometimes (like when you pull the 7 of Cups) all the exciting things catching your attention are in fact distractions from the one thing you actually need to pursue.
When that happens, you're using this fun stuff to avoid doing some inner work. The first thing I find myself doing when I'm avoiding some inner work, is pursuing some metaphysical study. Sometimes that's what I actually need to do, but when I'm reading up on Mayan astrology because I don't want to deal with my feelings, then I'm not doing justice to the study or myself.
When this happens, all you need to do is be gentle, and see what you're avoiding. Because that's where your attention is best spent.
In tarot, the 7s speak of times that an outer experience seems to be going on, but all the action is really on the inside.
So just bring it close in today. You can still go for all of those exciting ideas, just be sure you're choosing them consciously rather than as an escape.
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(@wildsoulhealing posted about this card recently, go read it for more soul level insight)
Leo Season
Hello yes I'm very glad it's lion time.
Mostly because it's my sign but also because the last month has been a doozy and I'm ready to take what I learned in the Cancer feelings tidepools, and bring it into the light.
Fellow Leos, let's get @scottsyoung zodiac shirts from @psychicsister the second they're announced and have a party where we tell all of our friends how awesome they are. (All signs are invited, there's enough party for everyone!)
Daily Tarot: 6 of Cups
Happy Friday and happy last day of Cancer season!
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Today's card is about sweet open-hearted sharing, and it calls us back to our childhood self.
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Remember how you were as a little kid, before you were taught about competition, hiding your feelings, and worrying what other people think. Can you catch a glimpse of that younger self? That's who we're focusing on today.
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This card naturally ties in with nostalgia, but its message is for the present moment. We can have sweetness and innocence in our relationships as adults. We can be open and trusting. We can reach out to a potential friend or even a passing stranger and say, I like you. I like your work, or those shoes, or that you held open the bodega door. Making friends comes easier to children because we use that skill more as children. It's a skill that we can re-develop with practice.
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Today, let your inner child decide what kind of connection sounds fun, and if they want to make new friends or reach out to old friends or play in a group environment, that's what you do. Have fun with it!
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Special shoutout to my cousin/twin/bff since birth, @yvonnemuthard. I love you! 💕
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✨👉I still have 2 spots open for Sunday's Tarot for Creativity class. 5-7pm in Red Hook, Brooklyn - contact me if you want to come!
Daily Tarot: 4 of Discs
I was thinking about grounding a lot yesterday (like ya do), and pulling the 4 of Discs is the perfect time to talk about it, because this card invites us to get grounded.
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If you ground your energy consciously already, awesome. Do that extra today. If you're like, wait what? - read on for a quick Grounding 101.
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Grounding connects your energy with the earth, steadies you so other people's energy doesn't impinge on yours, and recharges you. It does a lot more than this, too, but I think it's important to try it and see what it does for you personally, rather than just reading. If you learn one energy practice, make it this one.
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Here's my favorite grounding method: I imagine roots running from my body deep into the earth. I feel these roots keeping me balanced and steady, and I feel my energy travel through my body, through my roots and into the earth. The earth filters my energy and composts anything I don't need, like frustrations, old patterns, fear. Then fresh energy flows back through my roots into my body, and I thank the earth for her help.
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I like this method because I don't need any tools, and I can root down in a few seconds while on the subway, or take my time at home. It's the foundation of my energy work. I ground myself throughout the day, especially before working with clients. I also incorporate grounding practices into my services, to help clients feel calm and present and get the most out of our work. Of all the practices out there, this is the one that's made the biggest difference for me on a daily basis, so I hope it serves you, too!
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There are a lot of variations of grounding methods, so poke around, try some out and see what works for you. You might even realize that you already do some things automatically that ground you. Does anyone have a grounding practice or tool that they love? (If you want to nerd out about visualizations and trees and crystals I am Here For It.)
Daily Tarot: Justice
We're being asked to take a step back and observe what's going on. Just notice. No judging anything as good or bad, no opinions about what should be happening in the future, no blame for anything that happened in the past.
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What's here is here for a reason, but now is not the time to search for the reason. We're invited to see what just is. Notice what's happening, notice your reaction to it. We're invited to trust that we're in the right place, and we'll see the underlying "why" when the time is right.
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I definitely didn't expect this card today. Before drawing today's card, I was thinking about all of the wands cards I've pulled in the last few weeks, and the messages that have been coming through about surrendering control. I guess I expected more wands, or The Hanged Man.
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But Justice is the perfect card for today, and it feels like we've been building to this point. In all of the ways we seek to control our lives, the most prevalent is the way we reach for control with our minds. We put a label on something as good or bad so easily. Whether it's our commute, our coffee, our colleagues, we judge, label, compare. But there is no good or bad. There are just events and experiences. Those labels limit our perception of what's really happening. Coming to the present moment in a neutral way, we begin to open ourselves to understanding what's happening, and the reasons why it's happening. We open up for that wisdom to drop in.
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The refrain in my head here is: justice just is. I'm dropping my judgements about how that phrase sounds, noticing how I want to edit it out, and leaving it.
Daily Tarot: 9 of Wands
Check yourself before you wreck yourself, bbs. Because you are way too precious to burn out.
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Burnout is not a foregone conclusion. This is the time to ask for help. Delegate tasks. Prioritize. Do one thing at a time.
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Sometimes the scariest thing is not being in total control. It's super vulnerable, and it feels safer to try to do it all, be perfect, be in control. But if your human mind is controlling everything, there's no room for serendipity. If you loosen your grip a little, you make space for things to line up even better than you can plan.
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The lovely and wise @stefaniecaponi reads this card with an element of looking back at your experiences, seeing how far you've come. (Correct me if I'm misquoting you, Stef!) And I love that facet of this card combined with letting go of control. You're not here by accident, you have put in a lot of work to get where you are. That's not going to disappear if you ease up for a minute.
Tarot for Creativity Class 7/23
Tarot for Creativity Class
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Sunday July 23, 5-7pm
At my home in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Suggested donation $10-30
email moriah.simmons@gmail.com to sign up
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This will be a small intimate class so you'll get lots of time for practice and questions.
My goal for this class is to give you practical tools to connect with your own creative power, using your tarot deck. Because really owning your creativity and personal power is important for happiness and also overthrowing the patriarchy. All types of creators, with all levels of tarot experience, are welcome.
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This class will cover
1. daily tarot practices for creative empowerment
2. tarot card interpretations to support personal and creative growth
3. tarot spreads to generate ideas and flesh out concepts
4. lessons from tarot archetypes to help us stay in the flow of creative thinking
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Please bring your tarot deck, a notebook, and a pen. (If anyone doesn't have a deck yet, I'll have a couple you can borrow for the class.)
Daily Tarot: 8 of Swords
Here's how powerful you are:
You've created a fence around yourself, made simply out of beliefs. You are so powerful that when you believe something, you bring it into existence.
The 8 of Swords isn't here to judge you or tell you what you should or shouldn't do. It's neutral. It comes up when you're feeling stuck, and it very helpfully shows you the sticking points.
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I find that when I get this card, it's because I'm afraid of my power, so I make up all kinds of rational, logical, reasons why I can't own my power. It feels easier to stay small, because I know how to do that.
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If you can cage in your power just with beliefs, what can you do when you believe in your own power? When you put your mind in service of your spirit?
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Today let's look at the way we fence our self in with "reasons." When you look at your limiting beliefs, they lose power and start to dissolve so that you can move forward.
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A good exercise here (and one I'm doing today), is to write down 8 reasons you can't do what you truly want. Then go back through the list, and change each one into an affirmation. This pulls back your power, and lets you re-direct it to creating what you actually want. Think of these 8 beliefs as the 8 swords on this card, and with each affirmation, you pull a sword out of the ground.
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Here's one of mine. Belief: I can't do this because people will think I'm weird. Affirmation: I am joyously open about who I am, and I approve of myself.
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There are a lot of ways of working with feeling stuck, and with the 8 of Swords, this is just one that came through today. What do you like to do when you're in this situation?